Prodigy Education Fullstack Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

The entire process felt very much centered around the employer. It kicked off with a 30-minute phone screener where the recruiter asked me about my background and also threw in some technical questions. It felt like they didn't really get the technical stuff they were asking about, which was pretty annoying because I had to explain my answers over and over so they could write them down (I guess for later review). But before any of those recorded technical answers were even looked at, I got this 3-hour online full-stack test. I've interviewed a lot, and I've never had a company send out a 3-hour test without having a developer or someone technical from their team chat with me first. It felt super dismissive of my time, and since I was already talking to other companies, I figured my time would be better spent with places that actually seemed interested and were willing to put in the effort to assess my skills properly before hitting me with a 3-hour test. I ended up getting a senior offer elsewhere and didn't even start the test with prodigy.

I first talked to a really nice HR person who asked some good questions. Then, they sent over a programming challenge that I had 3 hours to complete. I ended up doing it a few days later because that's a long time to commit to a potential job. The challenge had three questions: a card game problem, a basic Angular question, and a tricky SQL syntax question. I passed the tests for the first two but ran out of time for the SQL one due to my limited SQL background. The engineering team's feedback on the card game problem was confusing; they said my solution 'broke how the game plays out' even though the question was about counting player A's wins. My approach was to ignore games where player B drew an Ace first, as player A couldn't win those. It's frustrating when the rules seem to change after the fact, especially if the feedback was just about needing more database experience.

I applied and a few days later got an email to do a self-recorded video behavioral interview. A week after that, I got invited to interview with two developers from the team I would be joining. The first part of the interview was about 40 minutes and mostly focused on questions about my resume experience and projects. Then, there was a 15-minute live coding challenge, which felt pretty short on time.